Post your Train shots!
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Robin W
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Thanks for the compliment! They say we have about 26 trains a day. However, I have sat waiting for an hour or more not to even get a shot. I got lucky yesterday I had a train and a pretty sky.
It was a real mess while they were doing the repairs. It was very interesting though. They would start cleaning up and making sure the trains could start coming through again by around 6 pm. Then they would start tearing things up again the next morning. I think Virtual Railroad put up a time lapse of the new tracks being put in. They have their cameras mounted on our building. Sometime this spring CSX is suppose to repave the road as a final step to the repairs.
It was a real mess while they were doing the repairs. It was very interesting though. They would start cleaning up and making sure the trains could start coming through again by around 6 pm. Then they would start tearing things up again the next morning. I think Virtual Railroad put up a time lapse of the new tracks being put in. They have their cameras mounted on our building. Sometime this spring CSX is suppose to repave the road as a final step to the repairs.
I suppose my slide scanner purchase was timely, in view of our state's "Stay At Home" directive. As a result of the Coronavirus, I can't go out to railfan, but can instead enjoy some old memories as I digitize my collection.
This shot is a favorite, taken in Knoxville, TN in October 1978 in an era when railroad crews weren't sealed in air-conditioned locomotive cabs behind bulletproof glass. The L&N was a friendly railroad and this slide captures what was once commonplace on its lines.
This shot is a favorite, taken in Knoxville, TN in October 1978 in an era when railroad crews weren't sealed in air-conditioned locomotive cabs behind bulletproof glass. The L&N was a friendly railroad and this slide captures what was once commonplace on its lines.
Sandpatch I'm lovin your way-back series. Thank you so much for sharing with us shut ins. :encouragement:
I escaped the house for a trip to the eye doc today. Man was it ever good to get out & drive. No chasing trains, but the eye doc proclaimed my eyes are now at 20/20 so that has me smiling. :cheerful:Hopefully in a month or so I can go out & shoot some locomotives.
Stay safe folks.
I escaped the house for a trip to the eye doc today. Man was it ever good to get out & drive. No chasing trains, but the eye doc proclaimed my eyes are now at 20/20 so that has me smiling. :cheerful:Hopefully in a month or so I can go out & shoot some locomotives.
Stay safe folks.
Yes, I found a local road off US-17 that went over the railroad and it was perfect. This is a fast railroad, level and straight. I love the old pre-PTC Darth Vader signals.
I shot with my Dad's old Nikon EL-2 for a number of years and it worked well … until I forgot that I wrapped it my winter jacket to keep it safe from rolling around in the car. I stopped for a shot and absent-mindedly grabbed my jacket, only to have the EL-2 roll out, fall to the ground and break.
My girlfriend thought it was pretty funny. She didn't understand the cost of repairing it. We didn't date much longer. Christmas was weeks away and my Dad took pity on me and gave me the Nikon N2020 for my gift. I never owned any Nikkor AF lenses to use with it and stuck with my old Nikkor glass. It was a great camera, went everywhere in all kinds of weather and never failed me in many thousands of shots. I never dropped it either.
Thank you. It's been many years since I chased steam and I don't think I'd have the patience to do it these days. A friend once tried for some photos and said that all he could see were "rear ends and elbows". A pretty good summary I think.
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